Settling for Less

"How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?" Charles Lindbergh Settling for Less I am still surprised that as … Continue reading Settling for Less →

Fighting Entropy

“How am I supposed to save the universe with all this noise?!” ― Diane Duane, Wizards at War Fighting Entropy Diane Duane is a terrific fantasy writer. One of her series is The Feline Wizards in which cats are running the real show behind the scenes and if we only knew! The fun of reading … Continue reading Fighting Entropy →

Lovely Conspiracy

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower Lovely Conspiracy Conspiracies are fun. One takes a small single fact and then creates a … Continue reading Lovely Conspiracy →

Those Old People

"Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." George Orwell Those Old People John Prine is still alive. He is a song-writer and a very good one, I have several of his albums. He made is mark in the … Continue reading Those Old People →

Writing the Short Story

"I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion." Jack Kerouac Writing the Short Story A short story is fun to read and write. A small idea gets flushed out and presented on paper and it sits there quite nice. We could use many more books of short stories. It is a bit irksome … Continue reading Writing the Short Story →

How To: Part Two

"Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." Dale Carnegie How To: Part Two This is a follow up to my prior post. The experts on living will tell you to be "in the moment". This is a bit vague. There is a very specific way to be in the moment. Using art terms … Continue reading How To: Part Two →

How To:

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” Sun Tzu, The Art of War How To: Here at the Profound Bartender, we have seen a lot of humanity. People and players from all walks of life, so many with the same problems … Continue reading How To: →

Veggie Soup

"I can pick good food, but I can't pick a good man." Debbie Reynolds Veggie Soup Take a can of white hominy, drain it and dump into the crockpot. Same with a can of green beans. This time I used a can of broth. Three skinny carrots, chopped up. Three celery stalks chopped up. A … Continue reading Veggie Soup →

Once Upon a Time in …

"When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them... I consider myself a student of cinema. It's almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the … Continue reading Once Upon a Time in … →

True Horror

"I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries." Frank Capra True Horror If Frank Capra and John Hughes got together to write a horror film, they'd not do zombies. That is for children. They'd not do slasher or be silent or have a Chucky … Continue reading True Horror →